http://trekmovie.com/2016/04/13/breakin ... y-pre-tng/
So, what's the take-home here? For starters, Prime Universe...YES! Secondly, apparently an anthology series format. For those that don't know, that means a different set of characters and different plot each season. Tho there are probably other examples of this, think American Horror Story (but with less sex, death, and sex and death).CBS’s new Star Trek television series, which will be aired exclusively on the network’s new online streaming platform All Access, is going to be set in the time period between the original series film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, BirthMoviesDeath is reporting. What’s more: it won’t be set in the JJ-verse timeline.
BirthMoviesDeath is reporting that the new Star Trek television series “definitely isn’t in the JJ rebootverse.”
When Nicholas Meyer was announced as a member of the Star Trek All Access writing staff in February, he made some remarks that had people speculating that the new show would take place precisely after Undiscovered Country:A trusted source has chimed in and told me that it looks like the show will be a seasonal anthology, which means the first season will be set post-Undiscovered Country. After that the entire Star Trek universe is potentially open. So those of you hoping for a post-Dominion War show… don’t give up hope. That could come some day.
This news comes out just as the writers of the new show started an official, verified twitter account @StarTrekRoom.The one thing I can relate to you is that The Undiscovered Country—according to Bryan [Fuller]—is a real sort of taking off point, or touchstone for how I guess he’s thinking about the direction of the new show. I don’t want to be misquoted and I don’t want to misquote him, but he’s fond of that film. Let’s put it that way.
CBS’s new television series comes to it’s online platform CBS All Access January 2017.
So, I think those are both positives. Prime Universe definitely is, and I think the anthology approach might just be a good idea. If they come up with a bad story arc or bad cast, they start over fresh the following season. And they don't have to try to sustain an arc across 7 seasons.
For a story idea, I would have probably preferred something other than a followup to ST VI. I would have most preferred something focusing on events post destruction of Romulus. But I guess we can still hope for that down the line, assuming the show is successful.